hatemongers^3

Michelangelo Signorile has the best commentary on the plot to blow up Fred Phelps and his protestors at Jerry Falwell's funeral:

Hatemonger dies. Hatemongers decide to protest his funeral, because the hatemongers even hate each other. Other hatemongers decide to blow up the protesting hatemongers in order to defend the original dead hatemonger.

Honestly, in contemplating Fred Phelps getting blown up by a right-wing terrorist while waving anti-gay placards at Jerry Falwell’s funeral, ‘a tragedy averted’ is not the phrase that comes most readily to mind.